tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.comments2013-07-19T06:53:40.821-07:00Bringing Technology <br>to a Public Elementary SchoolElianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968705297223998016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.post-10133390708214530702011-01-31T15:47:16.608-08:002011-01-31T15:47:16.608-08:00Dear Elaine,
I have more advice: You school is und...Dear Elaine,<br />I have more advice: You school is under funded.<br />You need to raise money and seek technology donations. <br />YOU MUST ASK FOR IT!<br />Make a list of all the companies that are in or near to your school. Then expand that list to any compnay that may be able to donate used equipment.<br />Make a list of the closest Rotary, Lions, and Elks clubs in your area.<br />Write a proposal/technology plan that covers what you need and why you need it. This will also become a grant proposal that can be submitted to the District / State / National / Federal agencies for MONEY!<br />That was the hard part....NOW contact!<br />eMail, write, and call each of those companies and ask for a donation of money or used equipment. When a company updates their laptops, they receive little to no money on their 3 year old equipment. They would rather donate to someone who has a need.<br />Contact the charitable organizations and make a presentation during one of their meetings.<br />Write and submit the grant applications.<br />Sounds simple, but it takes a lot of work.<br />A basic presentation system for class:<br />Laptop / LCD projector / Cart / Document Camera.<br />A brand new projector, document camera, and projector should cost around $1200.00 per classroom. A new laptop should run around $500-$600 each. <br />That comes to $2,000.00 per classroom.<br />Are there whiteboards in the classrooms????<br />If not add another $350.00 per class.<br />That will do it! You write, call, and show up and you will make the difference.<br />JJC / VisualedtechVisualedtechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805660999498636008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.post-2052205940835539342011-01-31T15:04:44.742-08:002011-01-31T15:04:44.742-08:00Dear Elaine,
I have to agree that the P2V is an in...Dear Elaine,<br />I have to agree that the P2V is an inexpensive alternative to just about any other document camera, but it does have its limitations.<br />It only has a one year warranty. It is essentially a web camera with a plastic articulating stand. The sharpness of the image is good, but the camera needs to be placed on a 4-6" base to view a whole page.<br />So, what are the other inexpensive choices? There are a few, a "document scanner" is a fixed height document camera that is a highresolution USB only device that retails for around $200.00.<br />Warranties run from one year to three year depending upon company. <br />Then we have the Lumens DC-120 (My Favorite). This document camera at $339.00 has a 5 year warranty. Comes with a suite of teacher friendly software for annotation and video/image capture and sharing. Yes! You can buy 5 p2V's for one Lumens DC120, but you will get a small pen sized fragile web camera that has limited educational applications in a classroom.<br />VisualedtechVisualedtechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805660999498636008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.post-54741107139016079772011-01-14T11:50:10.511-08:002011-01-14T11:50:10.511-08:00Really cool! This is a great resource for the kids...Really cool! This is a great resource for the kids and a big thank you goes out to the parents and teachers, as well as contributors who worked on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.post-32247073785699145302010-12-16T12:00:25.314-08:002010-12-16T12:00:25.314-08:00That's great! What a great way to start this v...That's great! What a great way to start this venture. Congrats!teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183982848178819367.post-20722730055215929612010-12-14T08:12:57.281-08:002010-12-14T08:12:57.281-08:00When our current Superintendent, Carlos Garcia cam...When our current Superintendent, Carlos Garcia came back to SFUSD from a stint in Las Vegas, he was appalled by the state of technology in our schools here in SF. Caring about it and doing something about it are two different things. We are going to DO SOMETHING about it beginning NOW. Please help us.- Lisa Bishop, Library Media TeacherFlynn Library Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869526295098393115noreply@blogger.com